By Tracy Ormsbee and Trudi Shaffer

Published 10:22 pm, Sunday, February 9, 2014

Have you had an appointment at Bellevue Woman's Care Center lately? It's been beautifully renovated. So has St. Peter's maternity wing. For this week's 518 Best Of+, we asked: Which 518 hospital renovation impressed you most and why?

Albany Medical Center is the place to be! State of the art technology, private rooms, best doctors around and one of the best places to work! A lot more to come in the near future!

— Gina Picarillo

Albany Medical Center's is beautiful. I had surgery there last July and was one of the first patients in the new pre-op area. While I was there I was also able to walk down the hallways of the new wing, beautiful courtyard.

Bellevue. I had my son in December of 2011 when they just started. Then I had my daughter in August of 2013 when it was finished. The staff from labor and delivery to recovery to the nursery went out of their way and were very kind and nurturing to me and my babies. With the added renovation on top of that it was like a 3-day vacation.

In the Careers and Worklife blog, Dan Moran asks, "Are you one of the 88 percent?"

Moran writes that 88 percent of workers, responding to a survey, said their job responsibilities have increased in recent years. This number is high, but not surprising, he says.

"During the recession, many were asked to do more with less and often requiring:

More hours at work ...

Less hours at home ...

More duties and responsibilities ...

And often — no more pay!"

Sound familiar? Get used to it, Moran writes:

"This is the way work is developing post-recession. People are asked to do more with less and no compensation appropriate to the increased responsibilities. And it won't change anytime soon as companies are hiring only when absolutely necessary and will work their staff harder to stretch their payroll dollars.

"Is it wrong? That is open to discussion. In my opinion, there is a limit — and we are at the brink of that limit. The limit is when personal lives are affected — families, community and health. They are the 'biggies': and when affected, one needs to ask — is it worth it?"